[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 220 (Wednesday, November 16, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 69586-69587]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-22740]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Clean Water Act

    In accordance with Departmental Policy, 28 U.S.C. 50.7, notice is 
hereby given that on November 2, 2005, a proposed Consent Decree in 
United States, et al. v. City of Nashua, New Hampshire, Civil Action 
No. 1:05-cv-00376-PB, was lodged with the United States District Court 
for the District of New Hampshire.
    In this action the United States, on behalf of the United States 
Environmental Protection Agency (``EPA''), filed a Complaint against 
the City of Nashua alleging violations of the Clean Water Act 
concerning the City's current and former combined sewer outfall 
(``CSO'') facilities. Under the terms of the Consent Decree, the City 
undertakes the implementation of a CSO abatement plan with a completion 
date of August, 2012. The mitigation measures are extensive, requiring 
completion of the separation of combined sanitary and storm water 
systems over a large section of the City; the design and construction 
of wet-weather by-pass systems; the design and construction of new 
outfalls with screening and detention ponds in multiple locations; the 
design and construction of disinfection facilities; and substantial 
system-wide infrastructure improvements.
    For a period of thirty (30) days from the date of this publication, 
the Department of Justice will receive comments relating to the Consent 
Decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney General, 
Environment and Natural Resources Division, P.O. Box 7611, U.S. 
Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611, and should refer to 
United States, et al. v. City of Nashua, New Hampshire, DOJ No. 90-5-1-
1-08193.
    The Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the United 
States Attorney, District of New Hampshire, 53 Pleasant Street, 
Concord, New Hampshire, and at the United States Environmental 
Protection Agency,

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Region 1 (New England Region), One Congress Street, Boston, 
Massachusetts 02114. During the public comment period, the Consent 
Decree may also be examined on the following Department of Justice Web 
site, http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/open.html. A copy of the Consent Decree 
may also be obtained by mail from the Consent Decree Library, P.O. Box 
7611, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611 or by 
faxing or e-mailing a request to Tonia Fleetwood 
([email protected]), fax no. (202) 514-0097, phone confirmation 
number (202) 514-1547. In requesting a copy from the Consent Decree 
Library, please enclose a check in the amount of $8.50 (25 cents per 
page reproduction cost) payable to the U.S. Treasury.

Ronald Gluck,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Div.
[FR Doc. 05-22740 Filed 11-15-05; 8:45 am]
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